Most Valuable BBall Schools - Forbes

[mu_hilltopper]

http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/27/college-basketball-valuations-biz-sports_cz_js_0102basketball.html

#9 - UW@Madison makes the list.  Amazing they've had 9 straight NCAA bids. 

Here's the list:

1. UNC-CH
2. Kentucky
3. Louisville
4. Arizona
5. Duke
6. Indiana
7. Illinois
8. Kansas
9. Wisconsin
10. Ohio State
11. Texas
12. Missouri
13. NC State
14. UCLA
15. Oklahoma State
16. Michigan State
17. Maryland
18. Syracuse
19. Arkansas
20. Xavier

Commentary:
http://www.statefansnation.com/index.php/archives/2008/01/03/forbes-the-most-valuable-college-basketball-teams/

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

This is very interesting. Thanks for posting. I see Xavier -- a non football school -- on the list and in a weaker conference than MU. I don't understand that at all.

[Wareagle]

One possible reason is that it ranks schools using "profit."  My guess is that MU's program grosses more, but also incurs more expenses than Xavier.  My two cents is that we would have been ranked had we bought one less hypoxic chamber this season.

[spiral97]

or owned and played in our own high capacity arena.. less expense (building admin might not be counted as it is part of general university maintenance).

[ZiggysFryBoy]

X charges seat licenses, which raises, I believe, $4mil per year.

[Chili]

MU also charges seat licenses as well.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

MU also charges seat licenses as well.

right, I just took X's seat licenses to be more than mu's.  but I have no idea what X charges for seats.